Recorded in a 19th Century church in Dorset with long time collaborator Flood who co-produced the album with PJ Harvey, John Parish and Mick Harvey.
A new PJ Harvey's song "Written on the Forehead" from the upcoming album
The album will be supported by a run of sold out live shows early next year, with dates in Brussels, Berlin, Paris, and Londons Troxy on February 27th and 28th. 2011 will also see Harvey return to the festival-stage, with more details to be announced.
Written on the Forehead
People throwing diners
at the belly-dancers,
in a sad circus
beside a trench of burning oil
People throw belongings,
a life-time·s earnings,
amongst the scattered rubbish
and suitcases on the sidewalk
Date palms, orange
and tangerine trees
and eyes are crying
for everything
I talked to an old man
by the generator,
standing on the gravel
by the fetid-river
He turned to me
then surveyed the scene
said, "war is here
in our beloved city"
Some dove in the river
and tried to swim away
through 10.000 tonnes of sewage,
fate written on their foreheads,
Date palms, orange
and tangerine trees
and eyes are crying
for everything
